Hungary's Opposition Protests Nuclear Plan

The Left-Leaning Coalition Rallied Against the Government's Surprise Decision to Have Russia Expand a Nuclear Plant in Hungary

By

Veronika Gulyas

Feb. 2, 2014 6:16 p.m. ET

BUDAPEST—Hungary's left-leaning opposition rallied Sunday against the government's surprise decision to have Russia expand a Hungarian nuclear power plant, the first moves in its campaign to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Orban from winning another term in power in April.

The nuclear deal signed in January by Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Mr. Orban is set to add two 1,000-megawatt reactors to the country's existing 2,000-MW state-owned nuclear power plant MVM Paksi Atomeromu, with Russia providing a loan for...